There are barbarians who seize this dog, who so prodigiously surpasses man in friendship, and nail him down to a table, and dissect him alive to show you the mezaraic veins... Answer me, Machinist, has Nature really arranged all the springs of feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel? Has he nerves that he may be incapable of suffering?

Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

No one is ignorant that our character and turn of mind are intimately connected with the water-closet.

Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.